Word: neighborhoods
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...term, she took advantage of an old Connecticut law herself. She took the Poor Debtor's Oath, under which a person swearing to less than $17 in assets may escape jail for unpaid judgments. This week Alice Fox returned to her family and her old neighborhood. What did she think of Neighbor Rollo now? "I will not mention her name...
Columbia Pictures announced last week that a neighborhood favorite was being retired. The "Blondie" series, based on Chic Young's comic strip, could no longer survive in a sagging movie market...
...much of this is, Mayer has tried to plan for "a city in the Indian idiom." In his shopping centers, he has provided for the open bazaars of the East as well as the closed stores of the West. Of the small, self-contained districts Mayer says: "The neighborhood principle is particularly important in India, where people usually come from villages." Mayer is also advising Indian architects on the kind of buildings to be used in the new city. His idea of the capitol is a cone-shaped building like the Buddhist monuments which Mayer saw in the Indian town...
...idea of the "Puerto Rican problem." Even Marcantonio's hold on the immigrants was not what it once was. Mayor William O'Dwyer's administration had done a lot to cut down Marcantonio's power, by installing Spanish-speaking teachers and relief workers in the neighborhood, thus convincing the new people that someone besides Vito Marcantonio took an interest in them...
...last week, as Mrs. Killer's experiment ended, Billy's playground was not the only improvement Houston would note. One little boy had begun to worry about his neighbor's disorderly yard. "I had a talk with him about how the neighborhood looks," he told the class proudly. "I didn't mention him directly. I just hinted around. But he's kept his yard clean ever since...